'''Basic Trope''': An unexplained phenomenon used as a major plot point IN SPACE!* '''Straight''': The Starship ''Future Hope'' is sucked into a [[UnrealisticBlackHole "black hole"]].* '''Exaggerated''': The black hole is, in fact, [[OurWormholesAreDifferent a wormhole to another dimension]].* '''Downplayed''': A previously unknown phenomenon [[TheRadioDiesFirst knocks out communications]] for a few minutes, so ''Future Hope'' does not get an important update.* '''Justified''': All sorts of weird things can happen in an unfamiliar environment such as outer space* '''Inverted''': ** Being sucked into the black hole is a BigLippedAlligatorMoment, not a major plot point.** The StarTrekShake inducing plot point is something a little less...out there.* '''Subverted''': The crew manages to pull the ship out of the gravitational pull of the black hole.* '''Double Subverted''': Only to wind up in a tailspin and crash land on a WorldOfWeirdness.* '''Parodied''': A road sign near the black hole reads, "Major Plot Point Ahead!"* '''Zig Zagged''': Sometimes these events are major plot points, sometimes minor or side plot points, sometimes a BigLippedAlligatorMoment, sometimes not used at all.* '''Averted''': Plot points are things like GoodVersusEvil and other more "mundane" plot points.* '''Enforced''': "You know, a lot of stuff can happen in space that just can't happen in any other setting..."* '''Lampshaded''': "Captain, we're being...sucked into...some sort of cosmic void..."* '''Invoked''': Someone challenges the authority of TheCaptain, causing the crew to veer off course when they aren't paying attention.* '''Exploited''': ???* '''Defied''': ** The writers choose to stick to more mundane plots.** The crew never gets lost or sucked into black holes, always avoiding them well in advance.* '''Discussed''': "There's a black hole ahead, but we can avoid it by going into hyperspace, Captain."* '''Conversed''': "Why are these people always [[IdiotPlot getting sucked into black holes]]?"* '''Played For Laughs''': The black hole is, in fact, someone's overpowered [[WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife vacuum cleaner]].----Back to NegativeSpaceWedgie----%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:%%%%* '''Implied''': ???%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???